This book analyzes key aspects of European tourism development in the 20th century, focusing on the development of tourist destinations, as well as tourism policies that were created to shape these destinations. The book also examines the private sector, which has traditionally played a determining role in European tourism development. While doing so, this volume presents case studies of Western European and Eastern European countries, such as Switzerland, Italy, France, Spain and Yugoslavia.
This book will appeal to students, researchers, and scholars of economics and business in general, and economic history and tourism studies in particular, interested in a better understanding of the development of tourism destinations and tourism policies in Europe during the 20th century.
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1. Introduction.
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2. Tourism and Nature Conservation in
the French Mountains: A Tumultuous Arranged Marriage (1890-1980).
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3.
Switzerland: A New Playground for Tourism in the 20th Century?.
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4.
Public Policies and Tourism Development in Spain in the First Third of the
Twentieth Century.
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5. Tourism Policies in Post WWII Yugoslavia.-
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6. The First World War and the Crisis of International Investment in
Tourism in Italy.
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7. French Perspectives of the Genesis of a New
International Tourism in the Interwar Period.
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8. Costa Del Sol.
Tourism and Business in the Configuration of a Touristic Area in Spain.-
Chapter
9. Implementation of the Yugoslav Socialist Accommodation Sector
Model in the Municipality of Piran Pirano.
Carlos Larrinaga is a Full Professor of Economic History at the University of Granada (Spain). His research focuses on the history of tourism, railways in the 19th century, and the service sector. Previously, he has conducted research during several stays at Bordeaux-Montaigne University and at Aberystwyth University. He is the main researcher of the project "Tourism in Spain in the first third of the 20th century. Characteristics and evolution of an economic activity and a social practice in comparative perspective", funded by the Ministry of Science and Innovation of the Government of Spain and European Regional Development Fund.
Donatella Strangio is a Full Professor of Economic History at the Faculty of Economics, Sapienza University of Rome (Italy). She is the President of the Sapienza University of Rome Masters Course in Business Management. Additionally, she is the scientific director of the Migrations/Migrations Series, New Culture, Rome. Strangio is a researcher of the project Tourism in Spain in the first third of the 20th century. Characteristics and evolution of an economic activity and a social practice in comparative perspective, funded by the Ministry of Science and Innovation of the Government of Spain and European Regional Development Fund.
